title: Chronic electroconvulsive shock and 5-HT autoreceptor activity in rat brain: an in vivo microdialysis study.
abstract: In vivo microdialysis was used to determine the effects of chronic electroconvulsive shock (ECS), given daily for 10 days, on basal 5-HT levels in rat frontal cortex and hippocampus and on the effect of systemic administration of the 5-HT-la receptor agonist, 8-OH-DPAT (0.2 mg/kg), to reduce 5-HT levels in these areas by activation of somatodendritic autoreceptors. Neither basal 5-HT levels nor the effects of 8-OH-DPAT on 5-HT levels were altered after chronic ECS. The effect of systemic administration of the 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B antagonist, (+/-)-pindolol (10 mg/kg), to increase 5-HT levels in hippocampus, was also not affected by chronic ECS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gur
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lerer
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017660:Autoreceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004597:Electroshock; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D010869:Pindolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D044302:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017660:Autoreceptors; D044302:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D012701:Serotonin; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D010869:Pindolol